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Jockeys Trevor McCarthy and Katie Davis were married in December
“The dumbest rule in racing.”
That s how attorney Bill Gotimer said TVG analysts have described New York s Commission Rule 4040.2 which reads: “No jockey, nor such jockeys spouse, parent, issue nor member of such jockey s household, shall be the owner of any race horse. All horses trained or ridden by a spouse, parent, issue or member of a jockey s household shall be coupled in the betting with any horse ridden by such jockey.”
The rule has become a topic of discussion in recent weeks as Gotimer said it has recently begun hindering the business of his client, jockey Katie Davis, since her marriage to fellow rider Trevor McCarthy.
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Always Sunshine wins off the layoff on Jan. 24, 2021
It was only about an hour before sunset when the sunshine blazed forth on a late winter afternoon at Laurel Park.
Always Sunshine, a Florida homebred of Gil Campbell s Stonehedge LLC trained by Pimlico Race Course-based septuagenarian Edward T. Ned Allard, made his triumphant 9-year-old debut Jan. 24 off a 541-day gap between races.
Guided by jockey Carol Cedeno, his regular rider since the spring of 2019, Always Sunshine recovered from a slight outward bobble at the start of the 5 ½-furlong optional claiming allowance for 4-year-olds and up to press Stroll Smokin into the stretch. It wasn t until midway through the lane when the West Acre gelding out of the Awesome Again mare Sunny Again was able to clear the favored pacesetter and edge away to a 1 ¼-length victory.
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Jockey Carol Cedeno enjoyed her best year in 2020 when her mounts earned over $2.8 million
Newtown Anner Stud Farm s Perpetrate emerged from a three-way photo finish a head in front of Hard Sting to give jockey Carol Cedeno her 1,000th career victory Saturday at Laurel Park in Laurel, Md.
A New York-bred son of Distorted Humor racing for the first time for trainer Miguel Vera, Perpetrate ($9.60) ran one mile in 1:39.59 over a muddy and sealed main track in the claiming event for 4-year-olds and up for her second win in six lifetime starts.
Earlier on Saturday s program, the 31-year-old Cedeno finished second by a neck as the favorite aboard Kieron Magee owned-and-trained Halfinthewrapper in Race 2, a 5 ½-furlong claiming sprint.